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Queen Elizabeth I 1592 Crispijn de Passe the Elder Netherlandish
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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin…
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Photographic portrait of the dancers and actresses, known as 'The Dolly Sisters,' Rose 'Rosie' Dolly (1892-1970) and Jenny Dolly (1892-1941), Apeda, New York, 1917.
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The Dolly Sisters

Rosie Dolly (October 25, 1892 – February 1, 1970) and Jenny Dolly (October 25, 1892 – June 1, 1941), known professionally as The Dolly Sisters, were Hungarian-American identical twin dancers,…
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Oscar Wilde, A Study... With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stuart Mason
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College), the second of three children born to Anglo-Irish Sir William Wilde and…
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Charles Gesmar MISTINGUETT RAGS TO RICHES Color lithograph, unframed MISTINGUETT, RAGS TO RICHES
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Mistinguett

Mistinguett, (born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois; 3 April 1875 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world.…
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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Prince Albert

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born in…
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H.M. the Queen Empress of India
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Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.…
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Josephine Baker / Folies Bergère. 1949
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Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker  was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was…
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MATA HARI pseud. Margaretha Grietje Zelle. 1876-1917
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Mata Hari

Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari , was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who…
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Riding in a Carriage with King George V of England, from the series True Views of the Crown Prince's Trip to Britain
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King George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May…
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Colour lithograph and printed pages, sheet music cover for The Muffin Man
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Dan Leno

George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during…
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EDWARD STEICHEN Vitality - Yvette Guilbert, Paris, 1901
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Yvette Guilbert

Yvette Guilbert ( 20 January 1865 – 3 February 1944) was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque. Born in Paris into a poor family as Emma…
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After Sir Thomas Lawrence PRINT; PORTRAIT OF GEORG IV, PRINCE OF WALES
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Royal Portrait Prints

Royal Portrait Prints. Examples, information, history and price guide to antique and vintage Royal portrait prints
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